by D D Guttenplan
Read by Victor Kateck (1 Cd)
This is a fascinating book though written in a somewhat academic style. It recounts the story of the libel action brought by David Irving against Deborah Lipstadt in 2000 for claiming that he was a Holocaust denier. The action was brought jointly against Professor Lipstadt and her publisher Penguin Books. The outcome of the trial was by no means certain and Guttenplan traces the legal wranglings and witness' evidence superbly, expertly portraying the various characters concerned. In addition she muses on such other relevant factors as the nature of history itself and how it is recorded and the influence of the politics of Jewish identity and
anti-Semitism. No. 1562
Holy Woman
by Sara Yocheved Rigler Read by Ita Rubin (1 Cd)
Visitors streamed to them for guidance and blessings and leading rabbis treated them with reverence. Living in a humble shack, poverty clung to them like the dust of the surrounding Jezreel valley.
Childless themselves, they cared for cast-off children with profound handicaps. By their life's end, Rebbetzin Chaya Sara Kramer, together with her husband Rabbi Yaacov Mosae Kramer had transformed the lives of tens of thousands of people worldwide. Chaya Sara Kramer was an amazing person, with a rare degree of humility.
No. 1403
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett
Read by Valerie Goodhardt (1 Cd)
Ken Follett tells the tale of the beginning of the resistance movement in Denmark. The Germans occupied Denmark and in June 1941 the Luftwaffe was having uncanny success in bringing down the British planes. This is a brilliant story of how the underground movement found the reason and in doing so, helped almost all of the Jews in Denmark to escape from the Nazis.
No. 1527
Hotel Tiberias
by Sebastian Hope Read by Simon Cohen
Journeying through the Holy Land, Rhineland Germany, Turkey and the Middle East during the first half of the 20th century, the author tells of his own family story against the backdrop of global unrest. This is a tale of wars, religion, struggles for power and how they influence family life.
No. 1519
House of Windows
by Adina Hoffman
Read by Derina Dinkin (1 Cd)
Adina Hoffman is an American writer and film critic who emigrated to Israel to live in a small town called Musrara on the East West Border of Jerusalem. Her story follows her quest to find out about the original residents of the town and her particular home and traces the history back to the Ottoman era. She also makes good friends with many Arab families who live near by and shows much empathy with them and their plight living in hostile surroundings.
No. 1414
How to Become Jewish (and why not to)
by Daniel Greenberg
Read by Ruth Hill
This book is a short guide to the process of convertin to Judaism. The author, Daniel Greenberg, has drawn on his experience of tutoring prospective converts. He has beenassigned as an official tutor to a number of conversion candidates by the London Beth Din over the past decade. As a member of the orthodox community he rejects the values and tenants of "progressive" Judaism. It is written in the form of 23 questions and the author's thoughts and opinions.
No. 1729
Hurrah For The Blackshirts!
by Martin Pugh
Read by Anita Boston (1 Cd)
Timely and original, this book reveals for the first time how close Britain came to being a fascist state in the inter-war years. It is rich in anecdotes and extraordinary characters, and shows us an inter- war Britain on the high road to fascism, but never quite arriving at its destination. Fascist organisations may have failed to attract the support they achieved elsewhere, but fascist ideas were adopted from top to bottom of society and by men and women in all parts of the country.
No. 1521
I Am Jewish
by Judea & Ruth Pearl Read by Clive Roslin
This is a fascinating book, put together by the parents of Daniel Pearl who was brutally murdered in Pakistan. His last words have inspired many people, he said 'I am Jewish'. Three profoundly and simply said words made many of us think what was meant. With this thought in mind his parents invited many writers and others, all Jewish , to explain what 'I Am Jewish' means to them. This is a fascinating, at times awe-inspiring, and thought-provoking book. It will leave you feeling moved and it will stay in your mind for a long time.
No. 1520
I Know Nothing
by Andrew Sachs
Read by Ruth Hill
Andreas Siegfried Sacks was born in Germany in 1930. His mother was a lapsed Catholic and his father was Jewish. Now aged 83, the actor tells his life story from growing up in Nazi Berlin, his schooling in Britain and his 2 year stint in National Service in the Tank Regiment without ever being in a tank. as well as his career in film and theatre, radio and tv. This is a well written, very amusing and revealing autobiography of a "jobbing" actor.
No. 1762
I Must Collect Myself
by Maureen Lipman
Read by Kate Fulton (1 Cd)
This is a very light-hearted collection of Maureen Lipman's recollections and witticisms of events in her theatrical life. Often quite ordinary events are re-told with humour, jokes and
self-deprecation. Maureen Lipman is a sharp wit and a one off character who has let us into her life and home.
No. 1582
I’ll Never See You Again
by Margot Barnard
Read by Derina Dinkin
Story of a Jewish girl who escaped Nazi Germany for Palestine, married an English soldier and subsequently became engaged in German-Jewish reconciliation work and Holocaust education. Translated from the German by Marion Koebner
No. 1800
Ilan Ramon - Jewish Star by Devra Newberger Speregen Read by Anita Boston (1 Cd)
In this inspirational biography about Israel's first astronaut, Devra Newberger Speregen portrays the life of a national hero who brought a sense of hope to his country during the two week ill fated voyage of the space shuttle Columbia. Speregen traces the life of this remarkable man who, as a young boy dreamed of becoming a pilot in the Israeli military, and grew up to serve his country as a heroic Air Force commander. She describes in detail the daring, top secret operations Ramon participated in to defend his country, and his meteoric rise through the ranks of the military to become a decorated Air Force colonel and the first Israeli to train with NASA as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
No. 1434
Illuminated Soul, The by Aryeh Lev Stollman Read by Clive Roslin (1 Cd)
A beautiful book about the endurance of the past , the fragility of the present and the healing power of quiet love. A wondrous narrative voice that is delicate , patient, searching and unabashedly spiritual. For the reader one of the most touching books he has ever had the joy of reading.
No. 1319
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